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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
I want to tell you a story about a man who had a terrible case of
Orchid fever. He was obsessed with Orchids. This secretive orchid hunter and cultivator devoted his life to their care and study. He read everything, tried everything, and noted everything. He succeeded in growing many a glorious hybrid but showed neither his orchids nor his notes to anyone. Except once! Just once Anton Thuranzsky allowed his 8-year-old daughter into his orchid house to see his breathtaking collection. When he died, his growing secrets would have died with him if his daughter had not discovered his manuscript hidden underneath a bookcase. Packed into her suitcase she took it with her as she left Hungary for her new home in the US. Written in his native Hungarian, it took her years of painstaking work to translate, edit, test, update, and cross-reference his original writing. And now, destined to become THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDEBOOK on orchid care, the book is finally ready. http://orchidosky.blogspot.com/# |
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Oh, no...not again...
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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
Just in time for Christmas giving, Reka! ROFLMAO!
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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
To be fair, no other book will teach you how to grow -magical- orchids. Hocus pocus, Presto--Changeo! Alakazam! J. Del Col |
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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
And you can grow them from seed, too!! You, too, can be a hybridizer in your
spare time, using only a bag of potting soil and a trowel!! But wait! There's more..........! Diana |
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If it is about magical ones I hope they have a chapter on surviving them.
That would be helpful I figured he/she meant "enchanting", but if the author really means magical I would say avoid them, although the difference in this case is one of degree only. The magical ones are devious and they can't be trusted but that sentiment is personal and requires a rather long explanation. I am not altogether sure that their power comes from a wholly 'good' source. This also applies to the merely enchanting ones as almost everyone in this newsgroup might suspect. On the up side they can repot themselves, apply their own pesticide, and actually *Curse* anyone who tries to remove their tag from their pot, which can be somewhat amusing as long as it is not you who tries to remove it or is considered to the pest. "Steve" wrote in message ... wrote: To be fair, no other book will teach you how to grow -magical- orchids. Hocus pocus, Presto--Changeo! Alakazam! J. Del Col Yeah, I was thinking about that when I first read it. I decided that growing regular orchids is challenging enough. I'm not ready to try the magical ones. :-) Steve |
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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
On 22 Dec 2006 14:09:09 -0800, delcolja wrote:
To be fair, no other book will teach you how to grow -magical- orchids. On a stick? Bob |
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The Lost Secrets of Growing Magical Orchids
If this book is written like the blogspot, it'll make a wonderful present
for someone with a sense of humor who already knows all he needs to know about orchids, but does not currently have enough reading materials for use in the bathroom. If I understand correctly the book will teach you how to become a very rich match-making fungus for orchids that are "merely going through a phase" (unless of course you're dead because you misread the signs that it was time to repot). :-) Joanna wrote in message ups.com... I want to tell you a story about a man who had a terrible case of Orchid fever. He was obsessed with Orchids. This secretive orchid hunter and cultivator devoted his life to their care and study. He read everything, tried everything, and noted everything. He succeeded in growing many a glorious hybrid but showed neither his orchids nor his notes to anyone. Except once! Just once Anton Thuranzsky allowed his 8-year-old daughter into his orchid house to see his breathtaking collection. When he died, his growing secrets would have died with him if his daughter had not discovered his manuscript hidden underneath a bookcase. Packed into her suitcase she took it with her as she left Hungary for her new home in the US. Written in his native Hungarian, it took her years of painstaking work to translate, edit, test, update, and cross-reference his original writing. And now, destined to become THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDEBOOK on orchid care, the book is finally ready. http://orchidosky.blogspot.com/# |
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